Colter



(No Mdel.)

D. REYNOLDS.

v GOLTER. No. 395,250. 1 aentel-De0l 25, 1888.

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COLTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,250, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed September 14, 1888. Serial No. 285,378. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

13e it. known that I, DANIEL RnYNoLDs, ol' Croton, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented eel-tain new and useful Improvements in (lolters, and I do hereby declare that the following a full, clear, and exaetdescription thereof, reference bein had to the aeeompanying` drawings, and to the letters of referenee marked thereon, which form part of this speeiiication.

This invention relates to Certain imijnove,- ments in that class of cultivators or agricultural implements to be employed in marshy ground or ground having a sodded surface; and it has for its objects to provide l'or eutting the sod and the remains of former cropssueh as large cornstalks,broom-eormas well as weeds and other vegetable obstructionsand to open the `ground thus cleared; and to this end my invention consists in a revolving eolter and jointer combined, and especially adapted Vtor attachment to an ordinary plow, as more fully hereinafter deseribed and claimed.

The al)ove-mentioned objeets I attain by the means illustrated in the :weompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a side elevation of a plow havingmy impn'ovements attaehed. Fig. 2 is a similarviewillustrating a modification. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ot' Jthe attachment letaehed.

This invention is an improvement in oolters and joiniers for plows and (niltival'ors, and it Consists in the novel etn'lstruction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth.

Referring by letter to the drawil'lgs, lV designates an ordinary plow.

A designates a bilfurcated traine, on the front end ol"I which is a perforated boss, ll, by which the trame is pivotally attached to a stud attached to and depemling from the plmV-beam in l'ront of the plow. The trame is thus permittml to swing laterally beneath the beam.

l( designates a revolving oolter jonrnaled on a short shat't, I., passing transversely through the frame, This coller is serrated at its periphery, forming teeth N N, whieh are sharpened and adapted to eut the sod and refuse vegetable growths to open and line the path for the jointer and plow.

I indicates the jointer, which lis of suitable Construction, and is fixed on the lower end of a vertieal standard, D, which has lateral flanges E E at its front edge, and vertically slotted at F. Standard D is clamped between the rear ends of bars a of the frame, and the flanges E E enter vertical slots C (l in the opposite inner :faces of said bars.

G is a bolt passingl transversely thronghthe bars a a and through the slot Il of standard D, and II is a nut thereon by which the parts are clamped. The flanges E E, engaging grooves C, keep the stamlard vertical and brace it against the strain ot work. The standard oan be adjusted up or down, as is evident, to raise or lower the jointer. In the modifioation shown in Fig. f3 the slotted ends of the frame and the standard D are omitted, the jointer beinattaehed to a curved bifurcated beam, l, whioh straddles the eolter.

In operation the colter outs the line of t'urrow and the joiuter clears the trash from the path ol' the plow, and the draft of the machine is lessened, while the same depth of furrow is attained by Cutting and turningl the ground in steps or degrees, instead of doingI all the work by the moh'l-board plow alone.

llaving desln'ibed my invention, what I claim isl. The combination of the bifurcated trame A, having vertical grooves C C lin the inner faces and rear ends ot' its side bars, with the vertioally-mljustable standard D, having lateral flanges E E engaging grooves C C, the clamping bolt and nut, and the jointer I, all substantially as dcseribed.

2,. '.lhe conibination oli' the frame A, having grooves C (l in the inner fat-,es and rear ends of its side bars, and the rolling colter K, mounted in said frame, with the verticallyadjustable standard l), slotted and :flanged as described, and the jointer attached to said standard, substantially as and for the purpose sliveoiiied.

3. The eo'nlbination of the biturcated frame A, having a perforated boss, B, at front, and vertically grooveifl at C C on the inner faces and rear ends el' its side bars, and the rotary IOO serrated eolter K, mounted on a transverse shaft, L, of the frame, with the vertically-adjustable standard D, having lateral flanges E E on its front edges eng-aging grooves C C of frame A, and having a slot, F, the Clamping bolt and nut, and the jointer attached to said standard, all substantially as speeied.

In testimony that I elam the foregoing as my own I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL REYNOLDS. lVit-nesses:

.IERY GRANDSTAFF, WILLIAM O. DAVIDSON. 

